Correction to On the Perpetuation of Ignorance: System Dependence, System Justification, and the Motivated Avoidance of Sociopolitical Information [Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, (2011)] DOI:10.1037/a0026272;On the perpetuation of ignorance: System dependence, system justification, and the motivated avoidance of sociopolitical information

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 264-280

  Shepherd, Steven ^a   Kay, Aaron C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Economy; Government; Motivated audience; System justification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMPREHENSION; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; TRUST;

EID: 84861123347     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026649     Document Type: Erratum

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